One day, a huge alien ship arrived on planet Earth.The aliens on the ship surveyed humankind and wereso moved by the poverty they saw. They pitied the poor somuch, they decided to help. They left behind one of theirvery special chickens.Looking around, the aliens chose Mang Pong, a verypoor farmer, to receive their wonderful gift. And in themiddle of the night, they teleported this chicken to thebackyard of Mang Pong. And in a blink of an eye, the shiprocketed away to a far, distant galaxy.When Mang Pong woke up the next morning, hediscovered the strange-looking feathered creature at theback of his little hut.“Where did that weird animal come from?” MangPong asked. “It’s extra-large and has golden-coloredwings!”But then something even weirder happened. Whenthe chicken stood up, Mang Pong saw a shiny eggunderneath it, glimmering under the sun. The chicken justlaid a golden egg!

Boy, was Mang Pong excited.He rushed out, sold the golden egg and bought lotsof food, new clothes and new furniture for his tiny house.Life was great that day!The following month, Mang Pong couldn’t believehis eyes. Because the chicken laid another golden egg! Sohe ran to town, sold again the golden egg, and bought aniPod, a laptop, a Jacuzzi and a 60-inch plasma TV. Ah yes,life was becoming very sweet for Mang Pong.And when the third month came, he already expectedthe egg. And he sold the golden egg and bought morestuff.But the next day, Mang Pong grew very impatient.He realized that he had to wait for another month for thenext egg. But he wanted buy his own personal helicopterand his very own private helipad. He badly needed moregolden eggs.And then he had a brilliant idea — or so he thought.You see, Mang Pong wasn’t very bright.He said, “Where are these eggs coming from? Frominside the chicken!”So he grabbed the alien chicken, got his sharpestknife, and cut it open.But alas, Mang Pong didn’t find a single golden egginside.And the alien chicken was now dead!Mang Pong cried at the loss of his chicken and all hergolden eggs.And slowly, the farmer had to sell his clothes, hisfurniture, his iPod, his laptop, his Jacuzzi, and his widescreen TV.

And in a year, the farmer became very poor again.One day, as he walked around town depressed, hemet one person who had become very rich. And the manwas thanking him profusely.“Why are you thanking me?” he asked.“Remember the golden egg you sold me?” he said.“Yes, of course,” Mang Pong said.“Well, the egg hatched…” he said.“What do you mean the egg hatched?” the farmerasked.“I placed it in an incubator. After 12 months ofcare, it hatched and out came a chicken. A very specialchicken. It’s extra-large and has golden wings. But moreimportantly, it lays golden eggs!”Mang Pong could only stare in disbelief.Every egg he sold — given the right conditions — couldhave become a chicken.Oh, if only he kept the eggs and made it hatch — thenhe would have had many chickens laying golden eggs forhim every day.After many years, the alien ship returned to planetEarth.They were happy to discover some had becomewealthy.The rich were those who owned chickens that laidgolden eggs.But they were also sad that many remained poor,including Mang Pong.

Money or Money Machines?This is the story of many poor people.The poor prefer golden eggs (money) rather than thechicken that lays them (money machines).Remember this lesson: Every golden egg has achicken inside.Do you have money right now?Inside every coin and paper bill is a money machine.You just need to “incubate” it for sometime.So you always have a choice.You can “spend” the egg or you can make the eggbecome a chicken.

newbie here and I'm really inspired by what I have read, and that's a lot...nice post...very basic principle but a lot of people tend to overlook, including me...most of us, employed, are really living on 15th and 30th that barely meet both ends...time to incubate some eggs and let them hatch into chickens...this is something to teach to my kids...